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| '''Anti-Canadianism''' represents a consistent hostility towards the ], ], or ] of ]. | |||
| ==History== | |||
| French philosopher ] is generally ] Although he was referring to ], it is not clear from the full quote whether Voltaire was truly anti-Canadian or not. | |||
| ==Modern perceptions== | |||
| {{see also|Foreign relations of Canada}} | |||
| Generally speaking, where people have formed opinions of Canada they tend to be quite positive. Dislike for Canada may rise due to a specific objection to policies and attitudes of Canada and Canadians. | |||
| ===United States=== | |||
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| {{seealso|Canada-United States relations}} | |||
| In the ], Canada is often a target of ] and ] commentators who hold the northern nation up as an example of what a government and society that are too liberal would look like. | |||
| "Soviet Canuckistan" is one unflattering ] for Canada, used by ] on ], ], on his ] show on ] in which he denounced Canadians as ] and the country as a haven for ]. Moreover, in ], Buchanan said that if Canada were to break apart due to the failure of the ], "America would pick up the pieces." He said two years after that "for most Americans, Canada is sort of like a case of latent arthritis. We really don't think about it, unless it acts up." | |||
| In the wake of Canada's refusal to participate in the ], as well as its turning down of the ], ] has recently become another prominent anti-Canadian American. She has often proposed (semi-humourous) extreme solutions to "Canadian dissent", such as a military invasion of Canada. | |||
| In 2006, right-wing American strategist ] said Canadians are "so liberal and hedonistic" that they have a philosophy of "cultural Marxism". {{fact}} | |||
| ===Brazil=== | |||
| One place where anti-Canadian sentiment has been observed is ] where people boycotted Canadian goods and burned them in the streets to protest a Canadian ban of Brazilian beef imports, reportedly because of fears of ], but which many Brazilians believed were motivated by an unrelated trade dispute between the two nations. Canada's subsidies to aircraft manufacturer ] have been a source of much tension with Brazil because they are said to interfere with the business of Bombardier's Brazillian rival ]. | |||
| ==Anti-Canadian Canadians== | |||
| ===From the right=== | |||
| During the 1990s, there was a controversial ] of well-educated Canadians to the US and Britain. Even current Prime Minister ] at a few points in his career denounced Canada. | |||
| ===From the left=== | |||
| Forceful statements against Canada have come from the far-left of the Canadian political spectrum, for example the ]. Often the criticism is that Canada too closely follows the United States lead and is acting like a ]. | |||
| ==Anti-Canadianism and humour== | |||
| Humourous anti-Canadianism often focuses on broadly-known attributes of Canada and Canadians (such as cold weather or ]), as the finer details of Canadian culture and politics are generally not well known outside Canada. Consequently, such humour is often made at the expense of accuracy outside Canada. However, these broad targets are more accurately caricatured within Canada itself. Such self-deprecating humour is nearly universal among Canadian humourists. In keeping with this attitude, some genuinely critical anti-Canadianisms (such as "Soviet Canuckistan") are embraced by Canadians as humourous, in defiance of the original intent. | |||
| ==In popular culture== | |||
| *In 1995, American director ] parodied anti-Canadianism in his film '']'', in which the United States stages a ] with its northern neighbour, inadvertently inspiring border raids. | |||
| *In 1999, the film '']'' also featured a fictional war between Americans and Canadians, including an anti-Canadian song, "]." | |||
| *The television sitcom '']'' regularly parodies Canada and Canadians. | |||
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